A mistake to build bus interchanges next to MRT stations?

last SG · 2011-01-06T21:00:19+00:00

how to integrate public tpt?Seriously w/o e MRT, SBS wun be able to cope w/ everyone's needs to serve close to every corner of e island.?I am suggesting havi...

Gus.chong SG

i think MRT stations next to bus interchange are greaat.

Yes. People can interchange between bus and trains easier.

iamgoondu SG

Yes. People can interchange between bus and trains easier.

No one feel that buses have to make many turns when arriving at bus interchanges? Moreover isn't it better if the buses stop at doorsteps like Eunos, Commonwealth, Buona Vista.

dan474 SG

Its a big mistake not building underground bus interchanges. Then make MRT station more deep deep and make shopping centre above interchange.

GHoST_18 SG

so we should build mrt stations 5 bus stops away from interchange?

and u have to take a bus to the interchange to take another bus to the mrt station?

Gus.chong SG

No one feel that buses have to make many turns when arriving at bus interchanges? Moreover isn't it better if the buses stop at doorsteps like Eunos, Commonwealth, Buona Vista.

I don't have that feel. I just want a comfortable ride, not bothering about turns. I went to Bedok Interchange many time and I won't even bother about turns.

Gus.chong SG

so we should build mrt stations 5 bus stops away from interchange?

and u have to take a bus to the interchange to take another bus to the mrt station?

That's the worst thing I ever heard!

theWEIRDme SG

it is good to have mrt station and bus interchange at the same place. check out seng kang and punggol interchange. THEY ROCK!

watson374 SG

Sengkang and Punggol rock simply because they were built with little restrictions.

Having roadside berths won't really work, because it's not dedicated to the buses. That's the problem with Kranji MRT.

I propose an alternate solution, which is having the interchange basically being a straight line of sawtooth berths, aligned next to the (elevated) MRT station, with a parallel bus park, altogether forming a loop, with entrances/exits on each end.

Obviously there are no more narrow interchange corridors, so I can dream on (except Boon Lay on the Temp Int site, which is a real possibility).

Now, it's important to realise that interchanges are integrated with the MRT for the sake of an integrated interchange. Singapore is good in the sense that the interchanges are spread out.

However, with the trend being to build the MRT underground, it would make sense to continue building the interchanges at ground level over the station site, ala Toa Payoh, with a compact design, ala Boon Lay.

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